Coat hanger



1939. R. w. CANTWELLV 70,319

' I COAT HANGER Filed June 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l v INVEN TOR. Q0/0271? W cbnfwell ATTORNEY Aug. 22, 1939. R.\W. CANTWELL GOAT HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 21, 1938 INVENTOR. Poker! 171/. Cantu/ell ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 22, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to coat hangers and more particularly to hangers of light weight adapted for use in luggage or in airplanes.

In the copending application of Robert W. Cantwell, Serial No. 206,109, filed May 5, 1938, for Garment hanger for luggage a coat hanger particularly adapted for use in aluminum luggage is shown and described. The present invention relates to coat hangers somewhat similar to that described in the above mentioned copending case, but in which a different arrangement is used and in which the parts cooperate in a different way to effect the desired result.

It is one object of the invention to provide a coat hanger which is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy tubing so as to be light in weight, rigid in construction, and neat in appearance.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a coat hanger made of metallic tubing or the like and to equip the same with a hook adapted for use either to hang a coat in a closet or in a suit case, the base of the hook being provided with special means for securing the hanger in a suit case. I

It is still a further object of the invention to provide novel means for looking a coat hanger in place on a support within a suit case.

Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the arrangement and construction of parts, as will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of a coat hanger constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the hook used in the hanger of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the hook shown in Figure 2; c

Figure 4 is a. side View of a reinforcing pin used in making the joint in the tubing of the embodiment shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side View of the hanger of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the invention;

Figure 7 is a. fragmentary view of the interior of a suit case showing a support and several hangers associated therewith;

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the support and one of the hangers shown in Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a plan view of a coat hanger illustrating still another embodiment of the invention;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view of the hanger of Figure 9 and showing the same mounted on a support and locked in position; and

Figure 11 is an enlarged side view of the support of Figure 10 and showing in cross section 5 the locking mechanism of the hanger of Figures 9 and 10.

Referring to the drawings in detail and first to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures l to 5, it will be seen that a coat hanger is there illustrated as made up of a piece of aluminum tubing bent to provide a horizontal bar 52 and two inclined converging portions i3 and Hi which are shaped to fit the shoulder portions of a coat. 15

The ends of the aluminum tubing are secured together at the top and a hook member i5 is rigidly connected thereto. The hook member I5 is shown in detail in Figures 2 and 3, and consists of a stamping or other flat piece of metal with its lower portion formed to provide a cylindrical receptacle of the same internal diameter as the internal diameter of the tubing.

To secure the ends of the tubular member together, a coupling pin it is employed, this being shown in Figure 4. The outside diameter of the pin [6 is approximately the same as the inside diameter of the tubing, and the pin is placed within the ends of the tubing in making the joint, and the assembly is punched as illustrated at I! to secure the pin to the tubing. Before the parts are secured together as just described the hook member I5 is placed upon the pin i6, and after the tubing is connected to the pin the hook I5 may also be punched to secure it rigidly to the pin, this being illustrated at l8.

The arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 5 thus provides a simple construction which has considerable strength even though it is light in weight, and the arrangement is also neat in appearance, The tubing and other parts of the hanger may be anodized or otherwise coated, and may be in various colors, as is well known to those skilled in the art of the processing of aluminum or aluminum alloy articles.

The hanger of Figure 1 is primarily designed for use in airplanes or in other places where the appearance of a coat hanger is important. If the hanger is to be used in connection with a suit case or trunk it is desirable that means be provided on the hook for particularly adapting it for that use. Figures 6, 7, and 8 illustrate an embodiment of the invention in which aluminum and aluminum alloy tubing is used in the making of a coat hanger particularly designed for: use in a suit case.

In this embodiment of the invention the hanger proper is provided with a horizontal portion l2 and inclined portions l3 and 14, just as in the arrangement of Figure 1, and the ends of the tubing may be secured together as described above in connection with Figure 1. The hook member I9 of Figures 6, '7, and 8 is notrigidly connected to the pin or tubing but is pivoted thereon so that the hook portion 20 may be above the main body of the hanger as illustrated in Figure 6, or below the upper portion thereof as illustrated in Figure 8. To provide a receptacle for the pin, the base of the hook member I8 is slotted and deformed as illustrated. The base of the hook member I9 is also provided with a hole 2|, rectangular in shape, and this is adapted to serve as an eye to fit over a supporting bar '22 which may be mounted within a suit case 23 as illustrated in Figure '7. In this figure the entire hanger has not been shown, but several of the hooks l9 have been illustrated and show various positions which they occupy in placing hangers upon hook 22.

Still another embodiment of the invention is shown in Figures 9, 10, and 11. In this arrangement the tubing which makes up the main body of the hanger is flattened at its ends and riveted or otherwise secured to clamping plates 24 and 25, as best shown in Figure 11. It will be seen that the tubing'is flattened as shown at 26 and that the clamping plates 24 and 25 surround the same, being secured thereto by rivets 21. The upper portion of the clamping plates 24 and 25 are provided with a recess or hole 28 adapted to serve as an eye and slide over the support 29, which may be secured to a suit case 30. The support 29 is provided With one or more depressions 3i, in which the plates 24 and 25 are adapted to rest.

Also secured to the plates 24 and 25 is a hook 7 member 32, this being pivoted upon a pin 33 so swung toa position below the plates 24 and 25, as shown in Figure 10.

The hook 32 is provided with a cam 34, which is adapted to press against the lower side of the supporting bar 29, as shown in Figures and 11 when the hook 32 is swung downwardly. As shown in Figure 11 the hanger may thus be locked in position by the user simply by rotating the hook member 32, and. when the hanger is removed from the suit case or trunk it may be hung upon a hook in a closet or on any ordinary support merely by rotating the hook 32 to the position shown in Figure 9.

While the various embodiments of the invention have been shown herein in some detail it is obvious that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the annexed claims.-

I claim:

1. A coat hanger comprising a main member of a single piece of hollow tubular metal bent into substantially triangular form to provide a horizontal portion and inclined portions shaped to fit the shoulders of a coat, the point of juncture of said single piece of metal being at the top of said inclined portions means including a pin fitted'into the hollow ends of said main member for joining the ends of said main member together at the top, and a hook member having a sleeve portion mounted on the pin.

2. A coat hanger comprising a main member of hollow tubular construction and made of aluminum or other light weight material, said main member having a horizontal portion and inclined portions shaped to fit the shoulders of a coat, means for joining the ends of said main member together at the top, and a hook member mounted on the main member of the hanger at the point of juncture of the ends thereof, said joining means including a reenforcing pin extending into the ends of the tubular main member and said hook member being pivotally mounted on said pin.

ROBERT W. CANIWELL. 

